Where/Why/Price
Picked this up in my local Boots on a ‘buy one get one half
price’ deal a couple of weeks ago! Full price, it’s £7.99. Let’s face it, every
beauty guru and their dog are wearing this right now – and after seeing it yet
again in a monthly faves review I just had to go and see for myself what all
the hype was about!
Packaging
Solid, purple with electric blue writing and highlights, it
looks pretty bad ass on the dresser.
Product
So what exactly is The Falsies all about? Maybelline say its
false lashes in a tube, boosting your eye-popping power by up to 300% (Where do
they get these numbers from?) I’m not the biggest fan of false lashes so
anything that can give me the same effect without me risking gluing my eyes
shut is already earning brownie points!
I’m no science boffin, so I can’t say much about the formula
– it doesn’t sound much different to any of my other mascaras though! The
secret weapon of the Falsies is its wand. That is what seems to be giving it
the elitist status around the beauty community. The wand is on a hinge, which
they say gives you more control, but the brush itself is curved, much like a
spoon. Not only is this coating more lashes in one go, but it is fanning them
out, adding a curl and pretty much reaching from corner to corner in one swift
motion! The fanned out lashes open up your eyes massively – and that is before
we’ve even used our eyelash curlers!
Use
Like any other mascara, load it up and go to town on your
eyes. I generally find 1 – 2 coats is more than enough to give me the dramatic
lash effect I’m looking for. Any more an the lashes start to do that spider leg
impression which I really really
dislike!
Good
It really does open up the eyes, and adds a huge amount of
volume – though I’m not sure it’s 300%! My eyelashes look bigger and fuller
meaning I don’t have to go playing around with real false lashes (can we say
real false? Looks like!). I think for the price it’s an absolute bargain. I’ve
had higher end products like YSL that haven’t come as close to giving me the
same effect or staying power. No fall out either – unless you do one too many
coats!
Bad
It’s pretty much impossible to get all your lashes covered
in one fell swoop – but that’s a big ask for any product! Its waterproof too but I got caught out in the rain a
couple of days ago whilst wearing this and had the slightest ‘could me mistaken
for a smoky eye’ smudge line. I am struggling for bad comments to be honest!
Conclusion
Worth the hype? Yes. For the price, you’re getting so much
from this one product. It’s easily become a staple in my beauty bag – and I can
see it staying that way for a while too!
Have you give in to the Falsies yet?
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